Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Kasese: police force has taken 65
assistant police superintendant for refresher course following different post
election political violence incidents that happened in Rwenzori region.

“As police
we had early said we will train police following the violence that happened in
Rwenzori so that if deployed at police posts can be able to handle issues in a skilled
way not as locals” kamya said

The refresher course will take one month and
will be held in kasese municipality, kihara village with aims of equipping police
with new skills learn how to arrest as police officers, give them police
numbers since most of them were on pay role but not registered with police
numbers.

While
addressing the trainers at the training ground in kihara the superintendent of
police training commissioner Dr. kamya john urged trainers not to look at the
training as punishment but as a promotion in the police unit.

“Some of
you may think you’re going to be harrashed but I want to assure you with police
the more you get training just known you’re being promoted” kamya said.

Dr.
kamya said most of the trained police officers were S P C’s without police
numbers but currently they will be given numbers as a way of promotion.

He
advised them to maintain discipline and avoid wasting time on trading centre’s
looking for alcohol which he said if found one will be disqualified.

The
Rwenzori east commissioner Obura Deo said the train will include skills on how
to arrest criminals, community policing, police work and detaining people in
the police cells.

“The
reason why they trained in kasese not being taken to other training schools is because
other police officers are still occupying the area for the six month training
and lacked space to accommodate them” obura said in an interview.

Among
those trained 12 are ladies, 53 are males and more seven will be brought for
training.